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Eric Ravilious scrapbooks
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- Book Synopsis
- To the interested observer the collected volumes of artist-designer Eric Ravilious's preparatory works and materials provide a veritable mine of information about his work and working methods, particularly regarding the masterful development of his signature pure pattern. Ravilious's scrapbooks represent a conscious accumulation of reference material, revealing his interest in subjects as diverse as tennis, cricket, fireworks and aeronautics, alongside a multitude of sketches, tracings and proofs of engravings. Ravilious's scrapbooks do not contain the mass of fascinating but disparate material seen, for example, in similar volumes compiled by his great friend and artistic contemporary Edward Bawden. Rather, they document the considered progression of an inquisitive mind, grasping his chosen subjects in a unique and delicate visual language, where many of the artist's most famous motifs and images can be seen blossoming from embryonic stages. Bringing together over 400 images taken from the artist's 6 scrapbooks, accompanied by instructive commentary by the authors, this new book provides a fascinating record of the febrile imagination of one of Britain's best-loved artists.
- About The Author
- Peyton Skipwith is an independent fine art consultant and Brian Webb is a designer and lecturer. Together, they are the authors of Edward Bawden's London (2011), Edward Bawden Scrapbooks (Lund Humphries, 2016) and numerous other publications on British design, including books featuring the work of Paul and John Nash, David Gentleman, Peter Blake and the Curwen Press.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781848222595
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Lund Humphries, (22 August 2018)
- Number of Pages
- 208
- Weight
- 1472 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 300 x 240 x 25 mm
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